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Kayak Roof Rack

Maybe

Search demand grew +230.4% this quarter. But shoppers spend an estimated $13K a year here, so Kayak Roof Rack is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 16% of 811 Automotive niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£13K/yr18K searches / yr
90-day growth
+230.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Kayak Roof Rack against its category

The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Kayak Roof Rack is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kayak Roof Rack market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Kayak Roof Rack 18K times last year and spent an estimated £13K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 18K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +230.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £13K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
18K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+230.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
£13Ka year
Peak month
August7.4× the quietest month
Top search term
kayak roof rack15K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £46.01.

Listings sell for £46.01 on average, from £10.50 to £289.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £46.01 that is £0 to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£46.01inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.50–£289.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£5K
Returns
3.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 64% ship with Prime. On an average day, 24.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #243 within Towing & Transporting. It carries 213 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
64%
Out of stock, average day
24.7%
Average rank
#243in Towing & Transporting
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
213per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Kayak Roof Rack products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

21 flat

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

35%

  • Brand 124%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Kayak Roof Rack search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

1K750Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.4×

Search terms

Top Kayak Roof Rack search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • kayak roof rack15K/yr
  • kayak rack3K/yr
  • kayak roof rack carrier228/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kayak Roof Rack

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

27%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
14%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
3.6%of orders come back
“It's sad, because the kayak roof rails are excellent quality and customer care was excellent, just lacking QC”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”14% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Kayak Roof Rack questions

Answered from the same tracked data.